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"Zakopain"... "ZAKOPANE!!!"

In Poland the storks are treated like basically holy cows. Nobody hurts them and people usually let them nest in peace.

the way they just gave up with "pączki" and said "paczki" made me laugh a bit too much. nothing tastes better than a parcel in the morning

Rob correcting all the misspeled names of polish Cities was so hilarious to me, good to know your polish gets better and better! Thanks for brightinening my day!

"What is with you Poles and sauerkraut"

About Storks: In Polish traditions Storks brings Happines when they nest near your house. Before Storks were natural deterennt for mouse rats insects snakes lizards etc. They are nesting in poland because nobody hunts them and they have plenty food on fields. Storks are second after White eagle most Polish bird because are in Polish colour all white with red nose :P

You are correct, we say "na zdrowie" which means "to the health". In the video it's mispronounced. Btw It's awesome to hear when you correct the mispellings in the video. Good job Rob!

I guess that storks find Poland a nice country to live during summer due to the fact there are numerous tall trees and various poles, where they prepare their nests, especially in rural areas. And people do not destroy their nests so that storks often come back to the same place, because their old nests are still there.

Official heraldic roots of polish flags are in the coat of arm - white eagle on a red shield.

Omg, I can't with the fact that in English-speaking countries people think that "kiełbasa" is some particular type of sausage when it litarelly means just "sausage" and is the broadest term you can get for that type of food xD So there's white sausage, juniper sausage, hunter's sausage, Żywiec sausage, Kraków sausage, Polish raw sausage and some hundreds of others, just like there's Italian sausage or turkey sausage. I'm slowly getting used to this "pierogis" madness, but "kiełbasa sausage" is just too much for me 😂

I've lived in Warsaw for over 30 years.

Yes, Wigilia is an extremely special time on many levels. Naturally for the religious reasons, but.. It's pretty much an absolute must in all households, even within atheist setting. The other element of Wigilia is family. All close family sits at the table that night. YOU JUST CAN"T BE ABSENT. Somehow, sometimes each person has their usual place. Reflective emotions can take charge especially when from one year to another that chair is empty due to someone's passing. This topic can be a huge one just on its own. Deep, very deep tradition.

Omg the way you said Wroclaw is shocking amazing - polish 100%

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More than 40 million people speak Polish given that the population of Poland is nearly 40 million and then there are the millions of Poles and their descendants speaking Polish around the world.

Hi Rob! Probably the best sweet pierogi are those with forest blueberries (pierogi z jagodami). You can try to find them in one of the Polish grocery stores in Scotland. Pierogi z jagodami are most delicious with good quality double cream. Greetings from Scottish Borders!

Na (for) zdrowie (health) Often used also as a "bless you" when someone sneeze. There are some people when someone sneezes multiple times it's (1)"na zdrowie", (2)"na szczęście" (luck), (3)"na miłość" (love) XD

There are 2 types of bigos: pure sour one, and much more mellow one. More sour one is typically made for Christmas fasting and contains no meat (at least in my family). The "proper" mellow one being made with a mix of sour cabbage and raw cabbage, with a lot of spices, different cuts of meat, fat (from cooking other traditional meats for Christmas), and cooked throughout a few days. We use to say that bigos gets better with each reheating, but in reality it still has its limits before it goes bad (despite it having a very long "shelf life").

The wigilia tradition was explained quite badly.